What’s Going on with the DACA/DAPA Lawsuit?

Immigration policy is complicated enough but it gets even more complicated when a federal lawsuit is involved. So let’s take a minute to rundown what’s actually happening with the DACA lawsuit currently going through the federal court system.

In the meantime, the federal government asked the federal district judge to “stay” his ruling or, in other words, to put his ruling on hold pending an appeal. The government asked for this stay so that it could begin the expanded DACA program while the lawsuit took place.

What does all this mean? It means that while there is a lawsuit pending, the federal government cannot begin to carry out the President’s new expanded DACA program. No court has decided whether the program is constitutional or not. That trial has yet to begin and it could take some time for that to happen.

For more information about this lawsuit, be sure to check our blog for updates. If you have any questions of for more information you should contact an experienced immigration attorney.